Wagon-rack.



No. 654,767. Patented July 3|, |900. A. L. SIPE.

WAGON BACK.

(Applicgtion filed Apr. 12, 1900.'.I

(No Model.)

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. Nirnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT L. SIPE, OF CARDINGTON, OIIIO.

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SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,767, dated .my s1, 190e. A

i Application led April 12,1900. Serial No. 12,657. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT L. SIPE,a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Cardington, in the county of Morrow and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and `useful lmprovements in Wagon-Racks; an'd I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such` as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is the production of a Wagon-rack the main body of which may be used separate from the rack for hauling' stone, brick, logs, dac., or any like heavy loads andthe rack of which when adjusted to the said main body'in a lclosed condition may be used for haulinghogs, sheep, Wood, corn, &c., and when the sides of the rack are extended at an angle to the sides of the main body the same can be used as a hay-rack.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my wagonrack. Fig. 2 is an end view of the reail endgate, partly inl section; and Fig. 3 isan inner end View of the front gate. verse section showing lthe rack open and adjusted as a hay-rack:

On the accompanying drawings, 1 represents the main body portion of the wagonrack, having under cross-sills 2, supported by strips 3, of any suitable material, bent in U shape and passing beneath the said sills and fastened to the side of the main body.

` The said sills 2 are further supported by stays or braces 4, which are formed U shape in cross-section and iattened at their ends to receive fastening means, the lower end of each of said braces being formed 4with an aperture. The sills 2 extend beyond thesides of the main bodyin order to receive the braces 4 and are beveledat the ends, and each is provided with an aperture to register with the Vaperture in the end of each brace 4 to receive supporting-rodsLas will be hereinafter described.

The sides of the main body carry hooks 5 5 for engaging eyes G 6. The front end-gate also carries similar hooks for same purpose,

and both the front and rear end-gates carry pairs of loops 7 7 for receiving standards 8 8 of the top gates. thevfront end-gate is the fact that it carries hooks 9 on the inside of same, which hooks Fig. 4 is a trans-i' An important feature ofA are adapted to engage and hold by tension the hooked rods 10.

`The top front and rear end-gates are com posed of stri ps of material fastened together and held in place by the` standards 8 8, which posts are adapted to be dropped into the loops 7 7, as before described. Each top gate also carries a pair of half-loops 11,which in conconjunction with the posts 8 8 form eyes or guides, which receive uprights 1,2, vthe up` rights on the front gate being connected atl the topby a chain. The top front end-gate carries hooks 13, one on each end of the top strip thereof, for engaging the hook of the hooked rod 10 when the sides of the frame are extendedat an angle to the sides of the main body and to support the said rods when held on a tension by the hooks 9. The top sides 17 are also composed of strips of material fastened together and held in place vby standards 14, each of the said standards have ing a slot cut in the lower end and carrying an eye at the lower end thereof for engaging hook 5, said eye comprising a U-shaped piece fastened in any suitable manner to thesaid standard. p

`The upper end of each of the standards 14 carries a brace-rod 15, which is pivoted at its upperv end to the said standard,fpreferab1y by a bolt passing through an eye in the said brace-rod, said bolt being carried by ears 16 of any suitable material. The brace-rod 15 is also provided near its lower end with a shoulder which is adapted to rest upon the edge of the aperture in each end of each sill 2 when the sides of rack are extended at an angle to the sides of the main body.

Suitable chains 18 are provided for retaining the top sides 17 of the upper frame in a closed condition; but said chains may be unhookedat their middle when it is desired to drop the sides at an angle. One-of the hooked rods 10 is carried by theupper strip of each of the top sides 17 by means of ears 19.y (See Fig. 3.) The hook portion of the rod 10 is adapted to engage the hook 13 when the top sides are extended at an angle to the Wagon and to pass beneath thel hook 13, so that the rod Will be held on a tension between the hook 13 and hook 9.

In practice my invention may be used for hauling heavy loads by simply removing the IOO a Y y A 654,767

top sides and top end-gates for sheep, hogs,

wood, corn, 6to.,l by adjusting the top endgates and sides in a closed position, and as a hay-rack by extending the top sides at an angle to the sides of the main body. To adjust the top sides and top end-gates in aclosed condition, it is only-necessary to drop the standards Bof the front and rear ton endgates into the loops 7, engage the hooks Von the sides of the main body by the eyes of the top sides, hook the two halves of chains 18 together, and pass the hooked rods 10 over the hooks 13 and under the hooks 9, so as to be held on a tension.

sides, chain 1,8 is unhooked at its middle, the rodsl 10 are-disengaged', and the sides-automatically fall in position at an angle to the sides of the main body,being prevented from falling too -far by the automatic engagement of thehook on the end of each rod 10 with each ofthehooks 13, When the sides have assumed this position, in order to strengthenk thesaid given position.

Having nonr described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Awagon-rack comprisingin its construcy tion a main body, hookscarriedbv sides and In order tol produce a hay-rack from the closed condition of the topY one endgate ofjmain body, hooks carried by top front end-gate, uprights carried by top front and rear end-gates, hooked rods, one of said hooked rods being carried by each of the top sides and connected thereto by means of ears, said hooked rods being adapted to engage said hooks carried by top front and under end-gates, substantially as. described.

V2.The main body comprising in its construction, a bottom supported by sills, the ends of said sills being beveled and apertured at an anglef thereto, sides carrying hooks, braces connecting aforesaid sills with said sides, each of the braces extending over the beveled portion of each of the said sills and having an aperture which registers with th apertures in the sill^,"U-shaped pieces supporting said sills, and front and rea-r end-gates carrying pairs of loops, and hooks carried by said front end-gate substantially as described. l 3. AAWagon-rack comprisingin-its construction a main body having sills apertured at :each end, ears carried by top sides, supportging-rods carried by said ears and adapted to g enter the apertures in said sills and rest upon 1 a collar carried by each of said rods, eyes car- {ried by the top sides for engaging the hooks `carried by the sides and one end-gate of the vmain body, and means for holding top sides in a closed'position by the connection of the ihooked rods with the hooks on front of rack, substantially as described.

In ltestimonywhereol I hereunto afx my vsignature in presence of'two witnesses.

Y ALBERT L. SIPEl Witnesses:

W. R. CONAWAY,

M. E. HULL. 

